Victor Le Fanu

Victor Le Fanu

Birth name	Victor Charles Le Fanu
Date of birth	(1865-10-14)14 October 1865
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	9 August 1939(1939-08-09) (aged 73)
Place of death	Bray, Ireland
School	Haileybury
University	Trinity College, Cambridge
Notable relative(s)	Sheridan Le Fanu paternal uncle Henry Le Fanu, brother
Occupation(s)	Land agent[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Scrum half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1884-1886 Cambridge University R.U.F.C. () – Lansdowne Football Club () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1886-1892 Ireland 11 (0)

Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939)^[2][3] was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.

Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team.^[4] He won three sporting Blues, playing in all three Varsity matches from 1884-1886.

His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.

International career

Le Fanu was first capped for Ireland on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team in all three home nation matches.

International matches played

•  England 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892
•  Wales 1887, 1889, 1892
•  Scotland 1886, 1888, 1892

Bibliography

• Griffiths, Terry (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.

References

1. Meddows-Taylor genealogy
2. Interment.net Saint Patrick Anglican Churchyard Powerscourt, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland.
3. Griffiths (1987), 12:24.
4. "Le Fanu, Victor Charles (L884VC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.